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Female prostitution in Costa Rica : historical perspectives, 1880-1930
- Author
- Hayes, Anne M., 1945-
- Title
- Female prostitution in Costa Rica : historical perspectives, 1880-1930 / Anne Hayes.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Routledge, c2006.
- Description
- xvi, 227 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- URL
- <Publisher description> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006005344-d.html
- Uniform series
- Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm))
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-221) and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction and theory
- Regional differentiation of colony and nation to 1890
- The mores of coffee in the highlands
- The economic demography of prostitution in Puntarenas before 1910
- Structure and experience : the law and la vida
- The triumph of nationalism : the Pacific Railroad
- Society in Puntarenas after completion of the Pacific Railroad
- Conclusion : prostitution in Puntarenas and the state.
- Kinsey subjects
- Prostitution--Female--Costa Rica. Prostitution history--Female--Costa Rica.
- Subject headings
- Puntarenas (Costa Rica)--Social conditions.
- ISBN
- 0415979374 (alk. paper) 9780415979375 (alk. paper)